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Cayo de Agua

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lagoonnot for beginnersmedium crowds

On this page

The spot
Wind
Forecast
Month by month
Water
Level
The scene
Launch
Schools
Tips
Getting there
Photos
FAQ

Riding essentials

Season

Jan–Dec

Months riders and schools name

How windy

15-25 kt

Character: trade

Room to launch

huge

access rules on record, below

Water

lagoon

28 °C in summerTurquoise lagoon and bay water around a narrow sand strip at one of the farthest cays in Los Roques

Hazards

Reported by riders

Level

Intermediate to advanced

With a caveat: see Your level

BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

Crowds

medium crowds · busy Dec Jan Feb Mar

Schools

named at this spot

From the airport

60 min

Gran Roque (LRV)

Los Roques trade winds

10:00 · 18:00

On the clock

09:45 · 16:00 · 17:00

Trade wind rather than thermal, so it can already be blowing at breakfast. The usable window through the December-May peak runs roughly 10:00 to 18:00; that figure is for Los Roques as a whole, with no measurement at this cay. In practice the boats decide the session: departure from Gran Roque around 09:45, pick-up at 16:00-17:00.

The marks are the clock times the record names, laid on a 24-hour day. The bar between the first and the last covers those hours; it is not a promise of wind.

Nearbystraight-line distance

Crasqui25 km

Backup spotsWhere riders go when the wind doesn't work here.

Boca de Sebastopolno page yet
Saki Sakino page yet
Francisquino page yet
Madrisquino page yet

The spot

Cayo de Agua is a boat day out, not a base. It is one of the farthest cays in Los Roques, about an hour by lancha from Gran Roque when the sea allows, and the sea is the whole question: on a rough day the return leg is what cancels the plan.

Conditions

What you get is a narrow sand strip between two bays, flatter water in the left one and less gusty wind in the right, trade wind at 15-25 kt out of ENE and E, and nothing else at all. It is choppier and gustier than the better cays in the archipelago, which is why the local operators teach somewhere else and bring intermediate and advanced riders here for freeride days and downwinders.

Not for beginners

This is a poor place to have your first lessons. Bring your own water, your own food, your own shade.

Season and tide

January to June is the confident window and February to May the best of it; outside those months the wind chance reportedly drops toward 40-50%. High tide decides whether the sand strip is jumpable, so ask the captain which bay is working before anything comes out of the bag.

The wind

locals call it Los Roques trade winds

Direction

Dominant direction

ENE/E trade winds; exact Cayo de Agua direction unconfirmed

Kite sizes

567891011121314151617

metres · typical quiver highlighted

The quiver, in words

9-12 m covers most days for a 75-85 kg rider. A 7 m earns its place in the February-May peak, when the afternoons run to the top of the range, and a 13-15 m is what saves a light day. Indicative: the sizes are reported for the archipelago rather than measured at Cayo de Agua.

Character

trade

When it fills in: see above ↑

Thermal or synoptic

synoptic (trade winds)

Typical strength

15-25 kt

Reliable trade wind in season. Cayo de Agua itself is reportedly gustier and choppier than the other Los Roques cays.

Los Roques is windy through the year, with the strongest planning confidence from January to June and especially February to May. Windy days are logged in every month; outside January-June the wind chance is reportedly nearer 40-50%.

Forecast

Live forecast

Windguru Windfinder Windy

Month by month

Jan, riders' month100
Feb, riders' month98
Mar, riders' month96
Apr, riders' month97
May, riders' month100
Jun, riders' month100
Jul, riders' month100
Aug, riders' month99
Sep, riders' month90
Oct, riders' month81
Nov, riders' month91
Dec, riders' month97

per cent of the month at force 4 or more

Ringed months are the ones riders and schools name: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.

18 ktJan27°
18 ktFeb27°
19 ktMar27°
19 ktApr28°
20 ktMay28°
19 ktJun28°
19 ktJul29°
17 ktAug29°
15 ktSep30°
15 ktOct31°
16 ktNov30°
17 ktDec28°

avg knots per month · water °C below · season highlighted

Modelled from weather reanalysis on a 10–25 km grid (2022-2024), not a ground station: reliable for trade and synoptic winds, understates thermal sea breezes and valley winds.

Every figure, month by monthForce 4+ · Knots · Wind from · Air · Water

Month	Force 4+	Knots	Wind from	Air	Water
Jan	100%	18.1 kt	E	26.4 °C	27.3 °C
Feb	98%	18.2 kt	ENE	26.3 °C	26.9 °C
Mar	96%	19 kt	E	26.4 °C	26.9 °C
Apr	97%	18.7 kt	E	26.9 °C	27.6 °C
May	100%	20.1 kt	E	27.5 °C	27.8 °C
Jun	100%	19.4 kt	E	27.7 °C	28.3 °C
Jul	100%	18.9 kt	E	27.8 °C	28.6 °C
Aug	99%	16.5 kt	E	28.3 °C	29.2 °C
Sep	90%	15.4 kt	E	28.9 °C	29.8 °C
Oct	81%	15 kt	E	28.8 °C	30.5 °C
Nov	91%	16.4 kt	E	28 °C	29.5 °C
Dec	97%	17.1 kt	E	27.4 °C	28.3 °C

How this is modelledmodelled · 2022-2024

A weather model's cell over this place, not a station on it. Good for comparing places, weaker for one beach.

The typical daily max and the direction are columns of the table above, month by month. Highlighted months are the riding season from the spot record.

ERA5 reanalysis grid point (modelled) · Open-Meteo historical weather API — ECMWF ERA5/ERA5-Land reanalysis, not a ground station · 2022-2024

The water

Type

lagoon

Standing depth

Shallow lagoon flats around the sand spit, reportedly, though depth by tide is unconfirmed.

Tides

Logged as not tide-dependent, but high tide is what makes the sand strip jumpable, so the tide still moves the sandbank.

Temperature

28 °C summer · 27 °C winter

Modelled monthly average: 27–31 °C

Wetsuit

boardshorts/swimsuit and sun protection; no wetsuit normally needed

Currents

Reported as free of strong current: shallow sand-bottom water around the cays rather than a channel flow. No local measurement at Cayo de Agua.

Conditions

Turquoise lagoon and bay water around a narrow sand strip at one of the farthest cays in Los Roques. Flat water in the left bay and less gusty wind in the right, on the days riders have logged it. It is also called choppy, and not the best of the archipelago for wind quality.

Your level

BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

not for beginners here

Intermediate and advanced riders do well here, and the local operator calls it exactly that. The remote boat support and the way the two bays change through the day make it a poor first-lesson beach, whatever the level ratings elsewhere say. Treat it as an intermediate-plus day trip.

The scene

What riders come here for

freeridedownwinderssandbar sessionsscenery

Scenic day-trip cay with tour boats and kite-safari groups; less of a fixed kite-school beach than closer islands.

Launch and rules

three ways on to the water, and what each one asks of you

With a school or a boat

3 schools name this spot

See who they are

On your own

Room to launch: huge

Read the access rules

Somewhere else

1 spot nearby

Crasqui25 km

The one spot within 40 km is under Nearby

Rescue

There is no rescue service of any kind. The boat you arrived on is the rescue, so keep the captain in sight, agree a signal and a pick-up time before anything is pumped, and do not drift downwind of the cay.

Charter boats for the day carry chairs and shade and can shadow a session. Riders without their own boat are told to charter one, because most launches here have offshore wind on one side and almost nobody else is on the water.

Launch

Boat-only sandy cay launch on the far western side of Los Roques, usually reached from Gran Roque by private or cooperative boat when sea state allows.

Rules & access

1 min read

2026: no kite-specific regulation for Cayo de Agua has been found. The cay sits inside Parque Nacional Archipiélago de Los Roques, founded in 1972 and administered by INPARQUES, and every arriving visitor pays a park entry fee on landing at Gran Roque; riders have reported 350 bolívares, worth roughly 40 euro cents at the time, a number that is reset as the currency moves, so budget for whatever is charged that week rather than for a fixed amount.

Getting there

Access is boat-only and the cooperative lanchas set the day: out of Gran Roque in the morning, back mid-afternoon, with kite gear charged as an extra passenger.

Access rules drift faster than anything else we hold — check locally, and propose an edit if this has changed.

Schools that ride here

Rider tips

Check the sea state before you commit to the crossing: the trip gets dropped when the return would be rough.
Pack drinking water, food, shade, sun cover, unless the boat operator has told you they carry it.
Ask the captain or the instructor which bay is working that day; wind and flat water differ on each side of the strip.
Do not treat the sandbar as a safety net. Tide and wind direction move the usable setup through the day.
Aim at February to May if you only get one shot at Los Roques; 9-12 m covers most days, with a 13-15 m for the light ones.
Be at the boats by about 09:15 if you want to influence where they go, and budget a second fare for the kite bag.
Fix a pick-up time and a hand signal with the captain before you launch. He is the only rescue on this cay.

Getting there

Airport

Los Roques Airport / Gran Roque (LRV), normally reached by small aircraft from Caracas

Route

Fly to Gran Roque, stay in a posada, then take a boat west. Cooperative lanchas leave the Gran Roque waterfront around 09:45 and come back at 16:00-17:00; be there by about 09:15 if you want a say in which cay the boat goes to, and expect kite gear to be charged as an extra passenger.Closer cays run at a few euros a day; Cayo de Agua is about an hour out and normally a private or agreed charter, and only when the sea allows.

Transfer

60 min

Cost level

high

Staying

No accommodation on Cayo de Agua; stay in Gran Roque posadas or on a yacht/charter permitted for the archipelago.

No-wind days

Snorkeling, diving, island-hopping, swimming, beaches, fishing trips, wakeboarding by boat, and visiting other Los Roques cays.

Photos

FAQ

Is Cayo de Agua suitable for beginners?

No: local operators rate Cayo de Agua for intermediate and advanced riders, given its remote boat-only access and changing bay conditions.

What is the wind like?

Trade winds run 15-25 kt from the ENE/E, most reliably from January to June and especially February to May.

How do you get there?

Fly to Gran Roque, stay in a posada, then take a boat to Cayo de Agua, about a one-hour ride when sea conditions allow.

What are the hazards?

The cay has no facilities, coral and reef areas require caution, and rough seas can delay or prevent the boat return.

Last updated: August 2026